# SII 8.40: original edition by K.V. Subrahmanya Aiyer

Dorotea Operato

Alternative title: No. 40. (A.R. No. 454 of 1902). ON THE WEST WALL OF
THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE SAME TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Dorotea Operato

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv08p0i0040

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII08/DHARMA_INSSIIv08p0i0040.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī ⟨∥⟩ rājātirājadeva⟨r⟩k=ku yāṇṭu (10 2)⁓vatu ceyyū(r)
tirai⟨2⟩ya(n) tevarkaṇṭan tāṅkuvānāna Uttamacoḻa
(va)ḷavataraiya(n)pak⟨3⟩(ka)l yikkoyilil kāṇiUṭaiya śivabrāhmaṇar
kaṭampa(n) ⟨4⟩ tāṅkuvānum kampa(n) tevanum ka{ṭa}mpa(n) Uyyavantānum yim
mu⌈⟨5⟩vom nāyakarai Āṭi Āvaṇiyil yiraṇ ṭiṭaiUvā na⟨6⟩(m)
grā(ma)pradakṣiṇam candrādittavarai Eḻun=taruḷap poliŪṭṭāka k(o)⟨7⟩⌉ṇṭa
pa(ḻaṅ)kācu Onṟaraiye yiraṇṭumāvum meṟpaṭiyārpakkal ⟨8⟩ palarum
palvicaiyālu munpu kal veṭṭuviccu Eḻun=taruḷuviccār ⟨9⟩ palarum kiḻakke
yiṣapadevar mun{pu n}pe nāḷ pattu (Ira)⟨ṇ⟩⟨10⟩ṭu Āka nāḷ panniraṇṭum
Eḻuntaruḷap poliŪṭ⟨11⟩ṭākak koṇṭa paḻaṅkācu pattu ⟨|⟩ pattuṅ⟨12⟩koṇṭu
candrādittavarai celuttakkaṭavom ⟨|⟩ mā⟨13⟩santoṟum nagara
pradakṣaṇamāka yinnāḷ panniraṇṭum E⟨14⟩ḻuntaruḷuvikkak kaṭavom ⟨|⟩
kaṭampa(n) tāṅkuvān Eḻuttu ⟨|⟩ ka⟨15⟩mpa(n) Uyyava(n) tān Eḻuttu ⟨|⟩
kampa(n) teva(n) Eḻut=tu ⟨|⟩ palmahe⟨16⟩śvara rakṣai ⟨∥⟩ meṟpaṭi pakkal
{yikkoyi}yik(k)oyilil kā⟨17⟩ṇi Uṭaiya śivabrāhmaṇan kampan Uyyavantānen
⟨18⟩ meṟpaṭi nāḷ panniraṇṭil Aippacip paraṇi yeḻuntaruḷu manṟu
tevaraṭiyāraiyum tapasyaraiyu madhyāna sandhi ⟨19⟩ Amutuceyvik=kap
poliyūṭṭākak koṇṭa paḻaṅkācu 1 Onṟināl poliyun tiramam 1 1/2 Oṉṟaraiyuṅ
ko⟨20⟩ṇṭu candrādittavarai celuttak=kaṭaven kampan Uyyavantānen ⟨|⟩ Ivai
yenneḻuttu ⟨|⟩ ⟨21⟩ meṟpaṭi kalveṭṭu meṟpaṭi śivabrāhmaṇar kāṇimele ⟨|⟩
⟨22⟩ panmāhe⟨23⟩śvara ⟨ra⟩kṣai ௳

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 8.40 by Subrahmanya Aiyer 1937 converted to
DHARMA conventions by Dorotea Operato.

### Primary

[SII] Subrahmanya Aiyer, K.V. 1937. South-Indian inscriptions (texts).
Volume VIII: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil, Malayalam,
Telugu and Kannada countries. South Indian Inscriptions 7. Delhi:
Archaeological survey of India (Manager of Publications). Page 19, item
40.